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P L A T E CCCXIV.
Í T E A SPINOSA.
Thorny Itea.
C L A S S V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA 3I0N0GYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointai.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perlanthiura monophyllum^ quinquefidum,
ere£lum, acuminatum, minimum,
perfiftens, laciniis acutis, coloratis.
C O R O L L A . Pétala quinqué, lanceolata, longa,
calyci inferta.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinqué, fubulata, erecta,
longitudine coroll;e, calyci infarta. Antberae
lubrotundse, incumbentes.
F I S T I L L U M . Germen ovatum. Stylus cylindraceiis,
perfiftens, longitudine flaminum.
Stigma obtufum.
P E K I C A E P I U M . Captala ovata calyce multoties
longior, fljdo muconato, unilocularis, bivalvis
ex duabus coalita apice deliifcens.
SEMIN A numerofa, minima, oblonga, nitida.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leaf, five-cleft, upright,
tapered, very fmall, remaining, fegments
pointed, coloured.
BLOSSOM. Petals five, lance-fliaped, long, inferted
into the cup.
CHIVES. Five threads, awl-lhaped, upright, the
length of the bloflbm, inferted into the cup.
• Tips roundifh, laying on the threads.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud egg-ihaped. Shaft cylindrical,
permanent, the length of the chives.
Summit obtufe.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule egg-ihaped, much longer
than the cup, tapering into the fhaft, onecelled,
two-valved of two joined, fplitting
at top.
SEEDS numerous, very fmall, oblong, ihining.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Itea foliis cuneiformibus, emarginatis ; fpinis
axillaribus.
Itea with wedge-fliaped leaves, notched at the
end; fpines grow at the infertion of the
leaves.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. A Flower complete, magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, magnified; part of the cup and the petals taken away, to
(hew the infertion of the Chives into the cup.
4. The Pointal, magnified.
T H I S plant is a native of New Holland, and was introduced from thence by the Right Honourable
the Marchionefs of Rockingham, at the fame time with the Bauera rubioides of this work; and from
a fpecimen communicated by her Ladydiip in September, 1801, our drawing was taken. It is a
hardy green-houfe plant, continuing in flower from Auguft till December; makes a very buihy handfome
fhrnb, efpecially when planted in a confervatory. Is eafily propagated by cuttings, made in the
month of April, and kept on a gentle heat until they are rooted. It thrives moft in fandy peat, with a
fmall mixture of fandy loam.
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